How I Lost My Terrier Card
It’s easy. Really. Even the second time.
How I Lost My Terrier Card
How I Lost My Terrier Card
It’s the card that literally opens doors. All registered BU students get one. The BU Terrier Card allows you to swipe in to dining halls, residence halls, and FitRec. You can use it to check out library books from Mugar, and if you buy convenience points, you can redeem them at the GSU, dining halls, Raising Caine’s, and City Convenience stores with your card. Interested in free admission to world-class museums like the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Harvard Art Museums, and the Institute of Contemporary Art? Flash your card. And a student discount is yours by showing it to salesclerks at certain stores (Vineyard Vines and JCrew to name two).
And yes, when you lose your card, it’s a problem—a very common problem. Marc Robillard, Auxiliary Services executive director of housing and dining, says his department issues about 3,000 replacement cards every year. The record holder, he recalls, lost his card 11 times over the course of his undergraduate career.
If you lose your card, you can get a replacement at the Terrier Card office, in the lower level of the GSU. The catch? A new one will cost you $40.
Bill Politis can be reached at bpolitis@bu.edu.
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